So 3 nights in a row I stayed up all night playing MTT's. Each night I got past the bubble with a decent stack size and then get crushed and wind up spending 3 or more hours to just barely get back my money.

This one was tonight. Just after the bubble burst. 18 left, 13-18 barely make their money back.

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t300/t600
(Ante: t50)
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t16867.50
UTG+1: t8995
MP1: t10487.50
MP2: t13830
PayMeDaMoney: t9385
CO: t17290
Button: t6285
SB: t17990
BB: t7210

Pre-flop: (9 players) PayMeDaMoney is MP3 with
UTG calls t600 (pot was t900), UTG+1 calls t600 (pot was t1500), 2 folds, PayMeDaMoney raises to t3000, 4 folds, UTG calls t2400 (pot was t5100), UTG+1 calls t2400 (pot was t7500).

Flop: (t10350, 3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, PayMeDaMoney is all-in t6335, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls all-in t5945.
Uncalled bets: t390 returned to PayMeDaMoney.

Turn: (t22240, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t22240)


River: (t22240, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t22240)


Results:
Final pot: t22240
UTG+1 Shows Ah 2h
PayMeDaMoney Shows Ks Kh

I didn't think either one had an Ace after they both checked the flop and if I had given up the pot my M would have dropped under 5 so I felt I had to push and pray. Of course A2 will always do it to you.

Afterthat hand I actually scratched and clawed back to about 1500 when it's folded to me in the SB and I actually think I have a chance to get back into this thing. Ha, ha, how could I expect anything different?


Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t300/t600
(Ante: t50)
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t5985
UTG+1: t16190
MP1: t6010
MP2: t17932.50
MP3: t22515
CO: t5687.50
Button: t14295
PayMeDaMoney: t1610
BB: t18115

Pre-flop: (9 players) PayMeDaMoney is SB with
7 folds, PayMeDaMoney raises all-in t1560, BB calls t960 (pot was t2160).

Flop: (t3570, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3570)


Turn: (t3570, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3570)


River: (t3570, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3570)


Results:
Final pot: t3570
PayMeDaMoney Shows 9s 10c
BB Shows Ac As


Ugly enough, but the same exact situation last night. I just barely snuck into the money and then this hand comes up right when the bubble burst. I wouldn't call this a horrible beat as it was a coin flip on the flop, but I went from a pretty good starting hand to drawing absolutely dead on the flop. Quick and painful.

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t250/t500
(Ante: t50)
8 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t7835
PayMeDaMoney: t7265
MP1: t12853.34
MP2: t2755
CO: t9595
Button: t1185
SB: t5195
BB: t7094

Pre-flop: (8 players) PayMeDaMoney is UTG+1 with
UTG folds, PayMeDaMoney raises to t1500, 4 folds, SB raises all-in t5145, BB folds, PayMeDaMoney calls t3645 (pot was t7145).

Flop: (t11190, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t11190)


Turn: (t11190, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t11190)


River: (t11190, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t11190)


Results:
Final pot: t11190
PayMeDaMoney Shows 9c 9h
SB Shows Qd Ac


Again a few hands later, still alive and it is folded to me in the button with a pretty good hand, just like tonight. The BB ALWAYS seems to have a monster though. At least this time I wasn't drawing dead until after the turn.

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t400/t800
(Ante: t75)
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t9870
UTG+1: t8074
CO: t16970
PayMeDaMoney: t4540
SB: t10859.67
BB: t6020

Pre-flop: (6 players) PayMeDaMoney is Button with
3 folds, PayMeDaMoney raises all-in t4465, SB folds, BB calls t3665 (pot was t5665).

Flop: (t9780, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t9780)


Turn: (t9780, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t9780)


River: (t9780, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t9780)


Results:
Final pot: t9780
PayMeDaMoney Shows Qh Kc
BB Shows Ah Qd


Again now 2 nights ago, same exact situation. The bubble had just burst and I'm sitting in the BB with what looks like a garbage hand getting to see a free flop.

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400
(Ante: t50)
5 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t11295
CO: t8905
Button: t15100
SB: t21630
PayMeDaMoney: t5910

Pre-flop: (5 players) PayMeDaMoney is BB with
UTG calls t400 (pot was t600), 2 folds, SB calls t200 (pot was t1000), PayMeDaMoney checks.

Flop: (t1450, 3 players)
SB bets t400, PayMeDaMoney calls t400 (pot was t1850), UTG folds.

Turn: (t2250, 2 players)
SB bets t400, PayMeDaMoney raises to t1200, SB calls t800 (pot was t3850).

River: (t4650, 2 players)
SB bets t4000, PayMeDaMoney folds.
Uncalled bets: t4000 returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: t4650
SB Shows 7c Ad


Beautiful 2 outter cripples me. I shoulda known and folded on the flop. But YET AGAIN I get into a situation where it is folded to me in the SB with a decent hand and of course this is how I make my exit again.

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t250/t500
(Ante: t50)
8 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t5860
UTG+1: t12545
MP1: t10570
MP2: t9635
CO: t11332.50
Button: t25330
PayMeDaMoney: t1660
BB: t8695

Pre-flop: (8 players) PayMeDaMoney is SB with
6 folds, PayMeDaMoney raises all-in t1610, BB calls t1110 (pot was t2110).

Flop: (t3620, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3620)


Turn: (t3620, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3620)


River: (t3620, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t3620)


Results:
Final pot: t3620
PayMeDaMoney Shows 3d Ac
BB Shows 2s Ks


So all told, I've put in about 8 hours work and profited about $5. If I had any kind of luck at all I would have probably final tabled or even won one of these tournaments. So goddamn frustrating. I'm a small favorite in the 99 hand, a monster favorite in the KK and 85 hands, but yet I can't win even 1 of those. Then in all 3 hands I get to go up against the BB, he always has something better than I did.